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After our little family trip to wine country last week my mom stayed a few extra days in California to help me with a little project called upholstery 101. My mom has upholstered numerous couches and chairs, and when she was my age she even had her own futon making business. So I was thrilled … Continue reading →

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After I wrote that last post about fabric for this chair, I called up my mom and she convinced me that plain green cotton canvas is not the way to go for an upholstered piece. First, cotton doesn’t wear as well as polyester or a blend, and a chair like this might work better with a … Continue reading →

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Hi friends! Remember this brown club chair that I found for free in my neighborhood many months ago? Well, I haven’t made much progress on it, but I did find some fabric possibilities. Since this is the first real thing I will attempt to reupholster I didn’t want to have to match patterns or stripes, … Continue reading →

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Meet my new friend, the adopted chair. Doesn’t he have really nice, mid-Century lines? Our neighbor was going to throw him out! Luckily, Brentan and I walked by and asked to have him. Are you wondering what those gray things are on the seat? Well, Mr. Chair didn’t have a seat cushion, so between walking … Continue reading →

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Do you like how easy I made it seem in the headline? I swear you can make this pillow cover. But first off, let me tell you that I finally finished the bench that I’ve been working on since… November? Remember my fabric saga (here, here and here)? And remember what the bench looked like before? … Continue reading →